# 119-hres-5: Adopting the Rules of the House of Representatives for the One Hundred Nineteenth Congress, and for other purposes.

119-hres-5, Adopting the Rules of the House of Representatives for the One Hundred Nineteenth Congress, and for other purposes., is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Fischbach, Michelle [R-MN-7] (R-MN); status passed_house (as of 2026-09-30).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hres-5
- Congress: 119
- Title: Adopting the Rules of the House of Representatives for the One Hundred Nineteenth Congress, and for other purposes.
- Status: passed_house
- Introduced: 2025-01-03
- Sponsor: Rep. Fischbach, Michelle [R-MN-7] (R-MN)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Congress
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-30

## Summary

**House procedural rules and budget discipline.** This resolution adopts the House rules for the 119th Congress with targeted changes to how the House runs floor business, manages staff and offices, and vets long-term spending. - Members and floor process: It raises the bar for privileged Speaker-vacancy motions by requiring a majority-party sponsor plus eight majority-party cosponsors and limits motions to suspend the rules to Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays while preserving a strict germaneness rule for amendments. - House employees and offices: It eliminates the Office of Diversity and Inclusion, narrows some collective bargaining rights, and requires anti-harassment policies. It also protects employee communications about workplace issues and limits nondisclosure agreements that would block contact with oversight offices. - Oversight, transparency, and budget controls: Committees may use electronic voting and allow remote non-executive witnesses. The resolution expands machine-readable documents and a committee document repository, reauthorizes select commissions, and creates a long-term spending point of order with an inflationary analysis requirement when mandatory changes exceed 0.25 percent of GDP over 10 years.

## Votes

| Date | Chamber | Question | Result | Yea | Nay |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-01-03T00:00:00.000Z | house | On Ordering the Previous Question | Passed | 216 | 210 |
| 2025-01-03T00:00:00.000Z | house | On Motion to Commit with Instructions | Failed | 209 | 214 |
| 2025-01-03T00:00:00.000Z | house | On Agreeing to the Resolution | Passed | 215 | 209 |

## Provisions PRIA read

- More CBO checks on inflation and solvency: benefit, medium. CBO must add an inflation statement for bills that change mandatory spending by at least 0.25% of GDP in any year over 10 years, or when the Budget Chair asks. The statement must say if the bill has no clear effect, a measurable CPI effect, or a significant but unclear effect. For big changes to Me…
- Member offices can fund CMO staff: benefit, low. A Member can assign an office employee to a Congressional Member Organization and move that part of the office budget into a CMO account. The account can pay that salary and related costs, but not franked mail, official travel, or leases of space or vehicles. The staffer counts as a shared employee…
- Remote witness testimony in committees: benefit, low. Committee chairs may allow witnesses to testify remotely during this Congress. Witnesses can have counsel present, and oaths may be given remotely. This does not apply to witnesses who represent the executive branch.
- Holman Rule allows targeted pay cuts: cost, medium. During this Congress, amendments may be offered to cut specific spending after a bill is read for amendment. They can reduce amounts in the bill, reduce the number and salary of officers, or cut the pay of people paid from the Treasury. This enables line‑item cuts to federal jobs or pay under House…
- New brake on long-term spending: cost, medium. The House bars floor consideration of bills or amendments that raise direct spending by more than $2.5 billion in any of four 10‑year periods. Those periods start 10 fiscal years after the current fiscal year. CBO must, when possible, check bills for this long‑term cost. This applies to measures ot…
- Ban gym access for lobbyist ex-members: cost, low. Former Members, former officers, and spouses who are registered lobbyists or foreign agents cannot use Members‑only exercise facilities. The Committee on House Administration issues the detailed rules.
- District work days pause key clocks: mixed, medium. The Speaker can name district work periods. On those days, the House Journal is approved and the Chair can set the next meeting time. Those days do not count toward certain timing rules, including the War Powers Resolution day‑count.
- Fast-track votes on listed bills: mixed, medium. The House immediately takes up certain named bills. All points of order against them and their contents are waived. Each bill gets one hour of debate, split between party leaders, and one motion to recommit. Examples include bills on Title IX athletics standards, immigration custody for theft charg…
- Funds to resolve contested elections: mixed, low. The House provides needed funds to handle contested elections. The money covers costs from noon January 3, 2025, to just before noon January 3, 2026. Payments must be approved by the House Administration Committee and follow its rules.
- Different budget score for land transfers: mixed, low. During this Congress, the House does not count transfers of federal land to state, local, or tribal governments as new budget authority or as higher spending. Federal land includes surface, subsurface, and improvements. This changes how these bills are scored, not whether the land is transferred.

## Related bills

- 119-hr-9237: Take Care of America’s Veterans Act
- 119-hr-4669: FEMA Act of 2025
- 119-hr-4206: CONNECT for Health Act of 2025
- 119-hr-1163: Prove It Act
- 119-hr-9535: Securing Agriculture's Workforce Act of 2026
- 119-hr-6766: Essential Caregivers Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-hres-5 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-resolution/5)

## Related
- [119-hr-9237: Take Care of America’s Veterans Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9237)
- [119-hr-4669: FEMA Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4669)
- [119-hr-4206: CONNECT for Health Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4206)
- [119-hr-1163: Prove It Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1163)
- [119-hr-9535: Securing Agriculture's Workforce Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9535)
- [119-hr-6766: Essential Caregivers Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-6766)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hres-5 (as of 2026-09-30).